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QOL … even with ADT / cancer caused mobility impairment, you can still have some family fun outdoors in the sunshine and fresh air .

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today, the hammer and I loaded up my echair and went out to Woodward Park. its a large city / regional park with a great , first rate, regional hike and bike trail. We went on the special trail for mobility carts and had a great Brie , prosciutto and French bread pic-nic. We also took a load of some stale bread and other left overs and fed about 800 of the 10,000 wintering Canadian geese.

Recently I’ve been sleeping 16+ hours a day and been couch locked not feeling well. I started a transdermal estrogen patch treatment last Wednesday and it’s started to pick me up. My SEs are diminishing and my sleepiness has reduced dramatically. I’ve experienced a significant attitude improvement as well.

Even crippled by ADT and massive skeletal wide metastasis, you can still get out and enjoy some great outdoors and some family QOL time. It’s so good to get up off your bed / couch and get outdoors, its wonderful . Even screwed up as I am, I can do it, so can you my brothers. Your wife / family will appreciate the outing with you as well.

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Feeding the bottomless pit geese lol.

Feeding the aggressive Canadian geese that are fearless of humans.
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Kaliber in reply toKaliber

beautiful Woodward Park has great wheelchair resources for a great visit.

The healing gardens wall in Woodward Park.
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TeleGuy in reply toKaliber

You are a real inspiration to us all! You continue to amaze me by the positivity in all of your posts here especially what you have gone through (and the gruesome photos it looks like you took down!)

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Kaliber in reply toTeleGuy

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mrscruffy

Sounds like a great day out and you had a great time. Can't ask for more than that. Outstanding!!

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Carlosbach

Kroshi,

Seeing your post and pic warmed my heart. So glad that your easy load echair is working for you (and the hammer).

To quote Dylan:

"We’ll climb that hill no matter how steep

When we get up to it

Whoo-ee! Ride me high

Tomorrow’s the day

My bride’s gonna come

Oh, oh, are we gonna fly

Down in the easy chair!"

Thaks for the update K, and the QOL throwdown

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Kaliber in reply toCarlosbach

Thank you buddy. Dylan was really kewl. This is a weather “ sweet spot “ right now, … I’ve got the Zen gardens, Zoo, fishing at Millerton, pier fishing at the coast ( Moro Bay ) , the botanical gardens, local tribal casino/s, and others lined up ….while the get’in is good lol. I attribute “ all this “ to the estrogen unlocking me out of that narcoleptic cage. 😂😂😂

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treedown

Glad you had a great day buddy. Warms my heart ❤️❤️❤️

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Kaliber in reply totreedown

Thank you my friend.

Love ya buddy

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Broccoli24

So inspiring, Kaliber! Thanks for posting and glad to hear new patches seem to be doing the trick! More power to your elbow… as we sometimes say over here in the U.K.

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Kaliber in reply toBroccoli24

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Orange95

I am very thankful for your post! You are an amazing person! Inspiration to so many. Just showing by example how to enjoy life.

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dockam

Yay for you Bruddah Kal 😃and you're even in the pix too. No helmet with horns on it? LoL

Looks like a QoL bonanza with sun, fowl, food - all are anti-depressants

Imperative for any of us "croakers" to get outta the dark dungeon that engulfs many, both physically and psychologically. That inertia, left to it's own devices, will drive one deeper into the bed or couch, making it even harder to overcome it.

So, bad*ss Big Bro you came up with a wonderful solution with that compact echair and the patches gave you a boost too. As the ad says "better livin thru chemistry"

youtu.be/tJtKkBYlHFw?si=Nqc...

Btw, I went to the 64 NYC World's Fair with my Ohana and we went to the Carousal of Progress, and we rode in Ford Mustangs. My Dad bought my Mom one the next year

youtu.be/EMQu6HBLxhY?si=hZd...

I'm anticipating more QoL adventures with Food Porn of course😁 weather permitting

Roll with it Bruddah Kal

youtu.be/u_vkKozA8OI?si=Yjm...

Love ya Big Bro

Pix from then: photos.app.goo.gl/QRfrCiZD1...

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